Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 5Th Don Cossacks Regiment Cross consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ) Prisoner of War (P

) Prisoner of War (P

1918 and was invalided to England on October 21st

where it was noted that his "heart (was) enlarged"

The 239th Infantry Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Valcartier under the authority of G

(85620 CPL

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 5Th Don Cossacks Regiment Cross consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ) Prisoner of War (P(Wehrmacht Kreuz des 5. Don Kosaken Reiter Regiments). Constructed of aluminum, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse trimmed with a depressed and blackened border, bearing a central raised mobile swastika, the three and nine oclock arms bearing a raised Cyrillic inscription of (KONONOV, for Ivan Nikitich Kononov), the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised number 5, the six oclock arm bearing a raised date of 28. X. 1941, with crossed swords piercing